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Here[1] is a PDF from the website with a bit more info. [1] https://dearmoon.earth/pdf/dearMoon_EN_240601.pdf?0531 https://dearmoon.earth/pdf/dearMoon_EN_24060

• ragebol 2y ago
  > Unfortunately, however, launch within 2023 became unfeasible, and without clear schedule certainty in the near-term, it is with a heavy heart that Maezawa made the unavoidable decision to cancel the project. I forgot this was to launch in 2023. Who had any confidence in that launch window, I though it was at last a 10 year plan, so another 5 years. That's a long time for sure, but did anyone really believe a 2023 launch, of Starship around the moon, with people on board no less?
  • MisterBiggs 2y ago
    Even more ambitious, according to Wikipedia the original launch date was planned for late 2018 on a Falcon Heavy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearMoon_project#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearMoon_project#History
  • krisoft 2y ago
    > did anyone really believe a 2023 launch, of Starship around the moon, with people on board no less Yeah. It is weird. I can believe that it was a tentative “yeah, let’s pencil in that date” kind of plan. But it makes no sense to pick a firm date and then cancel the whole thing when things inevitably slip. Or at least that puts me into question how serious they ever was about the project?